Atlas of metamorphic rocks and their textures

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Atlas of metamorphic rocks and their textures

B.W.D. Yardley, W.S. MacKenzie and C. Guilford

Longman Scientific & Technical , Wiley, c1990

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Bibliographical references: p. 117

Includes index

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Description

This book gathers the finest ever collection of metamorphic rock photographs. Divided into two sections. Section One includes photomicrographs of a wide rangeof rock of different chemistries metamorphosed under a variety of physical conditions and in different metamorphic settings. Section Two deals with textures characteristic of metamorphic rocks. In all it contains over 250 colour pictures, accompanied by short descriptions and discussion, making this the most visually attractive of all the companion volumes.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Settings of metamorphism: contact metamorphism
  • intermediate regional and dynamic metamorphism
  • regional metamorphism with weak deformation
  • cataclastic metamorphism
  • hydrothermal metasomatism
  • impact metamorphism
  • medium pressure type - prehnite pumpellytite facies, greenschist facies chlorite zone, biotite zone, garnet zone, amphibolite facies staurolite zone, kyanite zone, sillimanite zone
  • high temperature metamorphism of pelites - amphbolite facies sillimanite K-feldspar zone, granulite facies
  • low pressure metamorphism of pelites - hornblende hornfels facies, pyroxene hornfels facies, sanidinite facies
  • high pressure metamorphism of pelites - blueschist facies, eclogite facies, granulite facies
  • metamorphism of tuffs, greywackes and cherts
  • marbles and calc-silicates
  • metamorphism of basic and intermediate igneous rocks - medium pressure, high pressure
  • metamorphosed ultrabasic rocks
  • metamorphosed acid rocks. Part 2 Textures: simple textural terms - foliation, granoblastic polygonal texture, acicular texture, decussate texture
  • plastic deformation and mylonitization
  • time relations between deformation and metamorphism
  • reaction textures
  • textures of polymetamorphism.

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